History: Local: Provincial Officers for Cumberland County, PA 1750-1776. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Joe Patterson. jpatter@epix.net USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ Provincial Officers for Cumberland County, 1750-1776. Source: Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. IX, pp. 788-792. Sherrifs John Potter Oct 6, 1750 Ezekial Dunning Oct 3, 1751-53 John Potter Oct 4, 1754-55 William Parker Oct 5, 1756 Ezekial Smith Oct 4, 1759-60 Ezekial Dunning Oct 4, 1762 John Holmes Oct 5, 1765-67 David Hoge Oct 6, 1768-70 Ephraim Blain Oct 7, 1771-73 Robert Semple Oct 6, 1774-75 Coroners Adam Hoops Oct 6, 1750 Tobias Hendricks Oct 3, 1751-52 John McClure Oct 3, 1753-54 Ezekial Dunning Oct 4, 1755 John McClure Oct 5, 1756 John Miller Oct 5, 1759 Robert Robb Oct 3, 1760-62 Joseph Hunter Oct 4, 1763 William McCroskry Oct 9, 1764 James Jack Oct 5, 1765-67 [says 1765-57 but obviously a misprint] William Denny Oct 6, 1768-1770 Samuel Laird Oct 7, 1771-73 James Pollock Oct 6, 1774-75 Deputy Surveyor John Armstrong Oct 9, 1753 Collectors James Lindsey 1751-56 Nathaniel Wilson 1757 [resigned] Benjamin Chambers 1758 William Brown 1761-62 John Lindsey 1763 James Lindsey 1764-69 John Holmes 1770 [not accepted.] Thomas Baird 1770-74 Thomas Baird, jr. 1775-76 Treasurers John Calhoun 1757 John Byers 1758-59 Robert Miller 1761 William Miller 1762-65 William Brown 1766 John Montgomery 1767-76 Prothonotary, Clerk of Court, Registrar and Recorder Turbutt Francis May 21, 1770 Hermanus Alricks Justices of the Peace [Note: Dates the same until the next entry.] Samuel Smith Mar 10, 1749 William Maxwell George Croghan Robert Dunning Matthew Dill Benjamin Chambers William Trent William Allison Hermanus Alricks John Miller Robert Chambers John Finley Thomas Wilson Samuel Smith 1750 William Maxwell George Croghan Benjamin Chambers Robert Chambers William Allison William Trent John Finley John Miller Hermanus Alricks James Galbraith James Hamilton Jul 13, 1757 Benjamin Shoemaker Members of the Proprietary and Governor's Council Francis West John Smith William Smith David Wilson John Armstrong John Potter John McKnight James Caruthers Joseph Armstrong Hugh Mercer John Byers Hermanus Alricks Members of the Proprietary Oct. 17, 1764 and Governor's Council John Armstrong James Galbraith John Byers William Smith John McKnight James Caruthers Hermanus Alricks Adam Hoops Francis Campbell John Reynolds Jonathan Hoge Robert Miller William Lyon Robert Callender Andrew Calhoun James Maxwell Samuel Perry John Holmes John Allison James Elliot May 9, 1767 Bernard Dougherty George Robinson William Patterson Feb 19, 1768 Turbutt Francis May 21, 1770 Members of Council May 23, 1770 John Armstong James Galbraith John Byers James Caruthers Hermanus Alricks John Reynolds Jonathan Hoge Robert Miller William Lyon Robert Callender Andrew Calhoun James Maxwell Samuel Perry John Holmes John Allison Christopher Lemes Bernard Dougherty George Robinson William Patterson Turbutt Francis William Maclay Arthur St. Clair Henry Prather William Crawford James Milligan Thomas Gist Dorsey Pentecost John Agnew John Armstrong April 6, 1771 John Byers John Reynolds Jonathan Hoge Robert Miller William Lyon Turbutt Francis Henry Prather John Agnew William Thompson James Oliver Matthew Henderson Andrew Calhoun James Maxwell John Holmes John Allison George Robinson William Patterson John Maclay, Jr. William Elliot William Brown Samuel Lyon James Dunlap Assembly Joseph Armstrong 1750 Hermanus Alricks 1750 Daniel Williams 1751 William Trent 1751 Joseph Armstrong 1752 John Armstrong 1752 Joseph Armstrong 1753 John Armstrong 1753 Joseph Armstrong 1754 John Smith 1754 Joseph Armstrong 1755 John Smith 1755 William West 1756 William Allen 1756 John Stanwix 1757 William Allen 1757 John Smith 1758 William Allen 1758 John Smith 1759 William Allen 1759 John Byers 1760 William Allen 1760 John Byers 1761 William Allen 1761 William Allen 1762 James Galbraith 1762 William Allen 1763 to 1775 John Montgomery 1763 to 1775 Jonathan Hoge (additional) 1776 Robert Whitehill (additional) 1776 End